TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 84 - PRESIDENTIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL STAFF ASSASSINATION,
KIDNAPPING, AND ASSAULT
HEAD
Sec. 1752. Restricted building or grounds
STATUTE
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons -
(1) willfully and knowingly to enter or remain in any posted,
cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of a building or
grounds where the President or other person protected by the
Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting;
(2) willfully and knowingly to enter or remain in any posted,
cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of a building or
grounds so restricted in conjunction with an event designated as
a special event of national significance;
(3) willfully, knowingly, and with intent to impede or disrupt
the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions,
to engage in disorderly or disruptive conduct in, or within such
proximity to, any building or grounds described in paragraph (1)
or (2) when, or so that, such conduct, in fact, impedes or
disrupts the orderly conduct of Government business or official
functions;
(4) willfully and knowingly to obstruct or impede ingress or
egress to or from any building, grounds, or area described in
paragraph (1) or (2); or
(5) willfully and knowingly to engage in any act of physical
violence against any person or property in any building, grounds,
or area described in paragraph (1) or (2).
(b) Violation of this section, and attempts or conspiracies to
commit such violations, shall be punishable by -
(1) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than
10 years, or both, if -
(A) the person, during and in relation to the offense, uses
or carries a deadly or dangerous weapon or firearm; or
(B) the offense results in significant bodily injury as
defined by section 2118(e)(3); and
(2) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than
one year, or both, in any other case.
(c) Violation of this section, and attempts or conspiracies to
commit such violations, shall be prosecuted by the United States
attorney in the Federal district court having jurisdiction of the
place where the offense occurred.
(d) None of the laws of the United States or of the several
States and the District of Columbia shall be superseded by this
section.
(e) As used in this section, the term "other person protected by
the Secret Service" means any person whom the United States Secret
Service is authorized to protect under section 3056 of this title
when such person has not declined such protection.
SOURCE
(Added Pub. L. 91-644, title V, Sec. 18, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat.
1891; amended Pub. L. 97-308, Sec. 1, Oct. 14, 1982, 96 Stat. 1451;
Pub. L. 98-587, Sec. 3(b), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3112; Pub. L.
103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat.
2147; Pub. L. 109-177, title VI, Sec. 602(a), (b)(1), Mar. 9, 2006,
120 Stat. 252.)
AMENDMENTS
2006 - Pub. L. 109-177, Sec. 602(b)(1), substituted "Restricted
building or grounds" for "Temporary residences and offices of the
President and others" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109-177, Sec. 602(a)(1)(A), amended par.
(1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows:
"willfully and knowingly to enter or remain in
"(i) any building or grounds designated by the Secretary of the
Treasury as temporary residences of the President or other person
protected by the Secret Service or as temporary offices of the
President and his staff or of any other person protected by the
Secret Service, or
"(ii) any posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of
a building or grounds where the President or other person
protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily
visiting,
in violation of the regulations governing ingress or egress
thereto:"
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109-177, Sec. 602(a)(1)(C), added par.
(2). Former par. (2) redesignated (3).
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 109-177, Sec. 602(a)(1)(B), (D),
redesignated par. (2) as (3), inserted "willfully, knowingly, and"
before "with intent to impede or disrupt", and substituted
"described in paragraph (1) or (2)" for "designated in paragraph
(1)". Former par. (3) redesignated (4).
Subsec. (a)(4), (5). Pub. L. 109-177, Sec. 602(a)(1)(B), (E),
(F), redesignated pars. (3) and (4) as (4) and (5), respectively,
and substituted "described in paragraph (1) or (2)" for "designated
or enumerated in paragraph (1)" in each par.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109-177, Sec. 602(a)(2), amended subsec. (b)
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows:
"Violation of this section, and attempts or conspiracies to commit
such violations, shall be punishable by a fine under this title or
imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both."
Subsecs. (d) to (f). Pub. L. 109-177, Sec. 602(a)(3),
redesignated subsecs. (e) and (f) as (d) and (e), respectively, and
struck out former subsec. (d) which read as follows: "The Secretary
of the Treasury is authorized -
"(1) to designate by regulations the buildings and grounds
which constitute the temporary residences of the President or
other person protected by the Secret Service and the temporary
offices of the President and his staff or of any other person
protected by the Secret Service, and
"(2) to prescribe regulations governing ingress or egress to
such buildings and grounds and to posted, cordoned off, or
otherwise restricted areas where the President or other person
protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily
visiting."
1994 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-322, which directed the amendment
of this section by substituting "under this title" for "not more
than $500", was executed in subsec. (b) by substituting "under this
title" for "not exceeding $500" to reflect the probable intent of
Congress.
1984 - Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 98-587 amended subsec. (f) generally,
substituting "any person whom the United States Secret Service is
authorized to protect under section 3056 of this title when such
person has not declined such protection" for "any person authorized
by section 3056 of this title or by Public Law 90-331, as amended,
to receive the protection of the United States Secret Service when
such person has not declined such protection pursuant to section
3056 of this title or pursuant to Public Law 90-331, as amended".
1982 - Pub. L. 97-308, Sec. 1(a), substituted "Temporary
residences and offices of the President and others" for "Temporary
residence of the President" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a)(1)(i). Pub. L. 97-308, Sec. 1(b), made one's presence
unlawful at designated temporary residences and temporary offices
of any other person protected by the Secret Service.
Subsec. (a)(1)(ii). Pub. L. 97-308, Sec. 1(c), inserted "or other
person protected by the Secret Service" after "President".
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 97-308, Sec. 1(d), authorized regulations
for designation of the temporary residences and the temporary
offices of any other person protected by the Secret Service.
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 97-308, Sec. 1(e), inserted "or other
person protected by the Secret Service" after "President".
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 97-308, Sec. 1(f), added subsec. (f).
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations
of the United States Secret Service, including the functions of the
Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of
Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
sections 381, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
section 542 of Title 6.
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